tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32779833466563874222017-09-08T16:41:30.128-07:00Brownbag AcademicsMackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-50515429922225489652017-06-06T19:40:00.000-07:002017-06-06T19:40:34.880-07:00First-Year Teachers: What to Expect<span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">The months before you start teaching for your first year bring about all sorts of emotions.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Excitement &amp; Nervousness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Ambition. &amp; Paralysis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Clarity &amp; Confusion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Your mind begins to fill with questions upon questions.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Did I choose the right school?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Do I really know my content?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Do I know how to manage a class of teenagers?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Am I ready for this?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">All of these feelings and questions are normal responses and you shouldn't worry! &nbsp;If you're having these thoughts, it likely means that you're concerned about your career and your path in life in a <u>productive manner</u>. &nbsp;You're a responsible adult who wants to take his or her profession seriously. &nbsp;But don't let it consume you. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Instead, choose to be prepared. &nbsp;Take time to learn about what to expect during your first year of teaching. &nbsp;Plan for your responses to those different successes and challenges.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Below, I've outlined what I experienced during my first year of teaching. &nbsp;I know from my colleagues that all of these situations are to be expected. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ol><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>You will be overwhelmed.</b>&nbsp; They're not lying when they tell you that you will have more than you can possibly imagine on your plate. &nbsp;The teacher role wears several hats. &nbsp;The counselor. &nbsp;The curriculum builder. &nbsp;The assessor. &nbsp;The instructor. &nbsp;The planner. &nbsp;The employee. &nbsp;The leader. &nbsp;There simply is a lot to do.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>My Tip: Take time on Sunday or Monday to intentionally plan your week.</b>&nbsp;</span> Consider all of the tasks that you can imagine for the upcoming week (grading, planning, meeting, teaching, in-services, coaching, etc.). &nbsp;Then mark 3-4 for the week that are the <i>most important goals&nbsp;</i>to get done. &nbsp;This will give you focus for the week. &nbsp;For each day, then, be sure to write a to-do list. &nbsp;Highlight the 1-2 <i>urgent tasks </i>that you need to accomplish and 1-2 <i>important tasks </i>that will help you with your 1-2 weekly goals. &nbsp;This is not a mind-blowing solution. &nbsp;However, taking that time to intentionally plan out your week and focus your actions makes all the difference. &nbsp;I continue doing that to this day and my boss, her boss, her boss, and his boss are always astounded by the amount of work that I can get done and the level of focus that I have.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>You will be confused.</b>&nbsp; The summer that I was hired for my first teaching job was spent planning. I knew what classes I was teaching and my Department Chair had given me the texts. &nbsp;However, I couldn't for the life of me figure out <i>how </i>to teach those classes with the textbooks I was given. &nbsp;It was the day before classes started that I finally reached out to him about it. &nbsp;Turns out, he had given me the <i>wrong </i>text books.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>My Tip: Ask questions but not before you've exhausted all of your options.</b>&nbsp; </span>Your leaders <i>want </i>you to reach out when you're confused. &nbsp;As a teacher supervisor myself, there's nothing that I want more than for my teachers to ask me questions. The one caveat here is asking questions for something you <i>should already know</i>. &nbsp;Please exhaust your options. &nbsp;Check your resources. Check your emails. &nbsp;Check with a co-worker. &nbsp;Then reach out to your boss. &nbsp;He or she will greatly appreciate your doing so.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>You will be challenged.</b>&nbsp; You will be doing something that you've never done before. &nbsp;It will be difficult and that's okay! &nbsp;Some of the most challenging moments are when students challenge your authority. &nbsp;I still remember on the first day of class where a student told me "I own this class" while throwing a ball in the air. &nbsp;I had <i>no idea </i>what to do. I'm telling you, they can smell fear from a mile away. &nbsp;They can smell uncertainty. &nbsp;That was a huge hurdle for me when I started teaching.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>My Tip: Invest in yourself.</b>&nbsp; </span>Make personal and professional development on your weekly, if not daily, to do list. I love to listen to podcasts on my way to work. &nbsp;Listen to teaching podcasts yes, but feel free to branch out. &nbsp;Podcasts on multi-level marketing are particularly interesting to me because they are always about team-building and creating an environment of safety and recognition. &nbsp;Imagine if I had started listening to that during my first year! &nbsp;I would have prepared my communication skills to respond to that troublesome student. &nbsp;My favorite podcasts are Team Beachbody, Build Your Tribe, The Daily Boost, Coaching for Leaders, and Vibrant Happy Women. &nbsp;Shameless plug, check out my <a href="https://brownbagacademics.blogspot.com/p/community-building-mentorship.html" target="_blank">Spark Mentorship Program</a> for some exclusive training from me!<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>You will be proud. &nbsp;</b>You should be! &nbsp;Your first year of teaching is <i>hard work.</i>&nbsp; It takes dedication and consistency. &nbsp;You will find yourself being thrilled over the big and small - from successful units to conversations with students. &nbsp;I remember a unit I did that focused on giving back to the community by paying it forward - oddly enough it was paired with <i>Lord of the Flies.</i>&nbsp; I was so proud to read the acts of kindness that my students participated in. &nbsp;Holding doors open. &nbsp;Talking to new students. &nbsp;Picking up garbage. &nbsp;They weren't huge. &nbsp;But they were special. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">My Tip: Journal.</span></b>&nbsp; Keep track of what you're proud of. &nbsp;If you don't want to keep a journal, then keep it in your planner. &nbsp;At the end of the day or week, make a note of what was successful. &nbsp;I like to do this as it keeps me motivated. &nbsp;Sometimes it's easy to move from one thing to the next without truly reflecting. &nbsp;This gives me the opportunity to be joyous in the work that I've produced. &nbsp;Do this with your students too. &nbsp;Choose 5 students a week to write notes to. &nbsp;Tell them that you're proud of their hard work, their effort, or how much they've grown. &nbsp;Not only will it show that you notice, but it'll create an environment of recognition.</span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">I know the first year can be scary. But revel in it. Allow yourself to experience those fears and truly engage those feelings. &nbsp;Be prepared on how to handle them when they come up. Most of all, give yourself permission to grow. &nbsp;Often times, we just want to be in the end result. &nbsp;But that's not how it works. &nbsp;We need the growing pains if nothing else to appreciate where we end up.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">Love y'all!</span></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-9823450656528196482017-05-24T15:51:00.002-07:002017-05-24T15:54:02.205-07:00Where I've Been and Why I'm Back<br />I can't believe that it's been 2 1/2 years since my last blog post. &nbsp;That's unbelievable to me. &nbsp;Over the past 2 1/2 years, I have been a very busy lady. &nbsp;There have been so many personal and professional changes in my life that I'm very proud to share with you. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ow4ScW3IpwY/WSYM0fs9WII/AAAAAAAAMIY/wR_zKvry94kgY3jXDFz6Rr7b9lkmbLVOACLcB/s1600/ELS%2B2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="541" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ow4ScW3IpwY/WSYM0fs9WII/AAAAAAAAMIY/wR_zKvry94kgY3jXDFz6Rr7b9lkmbLVOACLcB/s200/ELS%2B2.PNG" width="188" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-24ibTipAEZc/WSYM004yDII/AAAAAAAAMIc/59rV_6cpmq4ai_RWmquPiCpki9Svvs1WgCLcB/s1600/ELS.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="539" height="107" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-24ibTipAEZc/WSYM004yDII/AAAAAAAAMIc/59rV_6cpmq4ai_RWmquPiCpki9Svvs1WgCLcB/s200/ELS.PNG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jdol76NeEmw/WSYM0QYITAI/AAAAAAAAMIQ/W-NDLQ_hMvwYlg6iQvBTDqeSVF3vSBrGgCLcB/s1600/ELS%2B3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="615" height="105" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jdol76NeEmw/WSYM0QYITAI/AAAAAAAAMIQ/W-NDLQ_hMvwYlg6iQvBTDqeSVF3vSBrGgCLcB/s200/ELS%2B3.PNG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pictures of me with my international students</i></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kvANsfCRjB8/WSYM0_OpKgI/AAAAAAAAMIg/1SyuzpZEMnA7gNugsZ4za1y-C3T0D5hdQCLcB/s1600/Graduation.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="276" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kvANsfCRjB8/WSYM0_OpKgI/AAAAAAAAMIg/1SyuzpZEMnA7gNugsZ4za1y-C3T0D5hdQCLcB/s320/Graduation.PNG" width="163" /></a></div><ul><li>I finished my graduate degree. </li><li>I started teaching in international education, a field that was <i>completely </i>new to me.</li><li>I was promoted to administration.</li><li>I began training, mentoring, and leading teachers in an official capacity.</li><li>I presented at an national teaching conference on international education.</li><li>I led national webinars teaching administrators on best practices in metacognition and collaboration in the classroom.</li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Right: Me at my MA in English Linguistics graduation</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_nKuUuFwiI/WSYM07DmpoI/AAAAAAAAMIk/wckrCb8UhX8PZyvDWyqLUO_KEVPjswwbACLcB/s1600/English%2BUSA.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="474" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h_nKuUuFwiI/WSYM07DmpoI/AAAAAAAAMIk/wckrCb8UhX8PZyvDWyqLUO_KEVPjswwbACLcB/s200/English%2BUSA.PNG" width="160" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tZQOHqYVwus/WSYM1GflQZI/AAAAAAAAMIo/N5nesgIvn20s69-ryswIhKHp5mrWy4PFACLcB/s1600/Training.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="573" height="113" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tZQOHqYVwus/WSYM1GflQZI/AAAAAAAAMIo/N5nesgIvn20s69-ryswIhKHp5mrWy4PFACLcB/s200/Training.PNG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><i>Left: Me before presenting at English USA</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Right: Me training teachers on grading writing</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>And those are just the professional changes. &nbsp;No surprises but there have been <i>a lot </i>of&nbsp;life changes as well. &nbsp;Moving. &nbsp;Relationships. &nbsp;Church. &nbsp;Small group. &nbsp;Friends. &nbsp;Too many changes to count.<br /><br />I'm so grateful for all of these changes, though, because I have grown in a deep and profound way. &nbsp;In many ways, I'm a completely different person than I was 1 year ago. &nbsp;I'm wiser, more experienced, and more assure of myself. &nbsp;I'm comfortable leading others and taking risks on my own. &nbsp;Even more, I'm comfortable coaching others on how they can successfully and effectively take risks.<br /><br /><b>And now I'm back.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>I'm back and ready share what I've learned with <i>you</i>. &nbsp; </b>I wouldn't have been able to embark on some of these <i>amazing </i>opportunities without someone sharing with me first. It's time for me to pay it forward.<br /><b><br /></b>From this point forward, this blog is dedicated to:<br /><br /><ul><li>Developing teachers and enhancing practices</li><li>Mentoring teacher leaders and administrators</li><li>Sharing best practices about management and leadership both inside and outside of the classroom</li></ul><div>I'm excited to share content with you on this page. &nbsp;You'll also be able to find content on my other platforms as well. &nbsp;Please be sure to like my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Brownbag-Academics-306314242868406/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> and follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mackerby/" target="_blank">Instagram </a>so you can catch this info as well!</div><div><br /></div><div>So buckle in! &nbsp;We're in for a ride!</div><div><br /></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-2064176521708776492014-10-10T14:55:00.001-07:002014-10-10T14:55:17.068-07:00Positive Thinking Fursday<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;">Happy Thursday <i>(or in this case Friday)&nbsp;</i>and welcome to&nbsp;</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;">Positive Thinking Thursday</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;">, Mrs. Laffin's Laughings weekly linky party where you can share a positive thought with the rest of us. &nbsp;We're glad you're here! &nbsp;Per usual, I'm a day late. &nbsp;BUT it's better to be positive late than never right?!</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: 'Droid Serif'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mrslaffinslaughings.blogspot.com/2014/10/positive-thinking-thursday-10-9-14.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NW6s5e9TYkM/VDWzv_0ToyI/AAAAAAAADnU/A5yfI_N-vWs/s1600/Positive%2BThinking%2BThursday%2BButton.PNG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(click to see what other bloggers are so happy about!)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I just started picking classes for my Spring 2015 semester. &nbsp;Yes, that's right! This will be my LAST semester to finish up my M.A. in English Linguistics!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the amazing class offerings...</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>HUMOR AND ADULT LEARNING</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amazing right? &nbsp;For a while I sat there thinking... "Well, I should really take another course in my major shouldn't I?" &nbsp;But then I thought, hey! The chance of me having the opportunity to take a class called "Humor and Adult Learning" is pretty few and far between. &nbsp;Also, why not take a class that I think will be fun for once?! &nbsp;So often we get into the mindset of doing what we do because we think we're supposed to. &nbsp;It's so easy to fall into that trap right? &nbsp;With professional, academic, and personal expectations, it's easy to see why we get so tripped up by what is essentially appearances. &nbsp;In general, what I'm saying is, if something is fun or perks your interest... DO IT!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: center;"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQq6ftPUzURNKl6tq1GELGBvYQ6QPiNQkor8ZRy9OFqmVUcQZ95Y__lzanU" /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Live life to the fullest in whatever way that means for you. &nbsp;For me, that means taking a super weird class that I'm hoping is as interesting as it sounds. &nbsp;For you that might mean signing up to run a marathon even though you have a list of other things that you could or should be doing with your time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy your life! &nbsp;There's only so much of it that each of us has left! &nbsp;Positivity doesn't just come from attitude. &nbsp;It comes from our abilities to make wise choices for ourselves that not only impact use professionally but also personally. So radiate positivity in and through your choices. &nbsp;Be someone that people describe as "Full of Love" or "Shining with Positivity!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: center;"><img 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/></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-88807511680268210352014-09-30T22:20:00.000-07:002014-09-30T22:20:45.199-07:00Commenting Manifesto Freebie<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Caution: Freebie for My Followers ahead!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img 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/></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Commenting is something that I didn't used to discuss with my students. &nbsp;Sure, I would read my students' papers and <span style="color: red;">mark allllll over them.</span>&nbsp; I felt like I was imparting my wisdom. &nbsp;After all, I had studied this content intensely... shouldn't I be sharing my wisdom?</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTguLswu3WaQjjCEv8obrmAjuWdTcRttfVhmmzLGyRIOJ73LNP8" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It wasn't until I read and heard Nancy Sommers talk about <a href="http://www.macmillanhighered.com/Catalog/product/respondingtostudentwriters-firstedition-sommers" target="_blank">Responding to Student Writing</a> that my philosophy of commenting completely changed. &nbsp;Where as before I would mark up the drafts as much as I could, now I follow the&nbsp;<span style="color: purple;">Minimal Marking Philosophy </span>(though I'm not a devout disciple). &nbsp;I give my students one long note at the end of the paper that points out the general strengths and weaknesses dealing with global issues like logic, reasoning, organization, purpose, etc. &nbsp;Not only do I point out the weaknesses but I give them <i>suggestions</i>&nbsp;as to how to improve. &nbsp;They're no longer overwhelmed with corrections that they need to make. &nbsp;Instead, they are focused on developing their writing in a deeper and more fruitful way.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But what does all of this mean if we don't have a conversation with them about essay commenting?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Absolutely nothing. &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our students need to be involved in the commenting process. &nbsp;Sommers suggests to create a class manifesto. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bouncing off of that idea, I have my students create a Mini-Class Manifesto on Commenting with a small group. &nbsp;They collaborate with 4 peers to create 4 general guidelines for paper commenting. &nbsp;That means they need to boil it down to the <b>4</b> <b>most important elements to a successful essay</b>. &nbsp;This is hard work!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZQptu24Wkw/VCuL-qp4rPI/AAAAAAAAAkI/93lQd6vPTtg/s1600/Commenting.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZQptu24Wkw/VCuL-qp4rPI/AAAAAAAAAkI/93lQd6vPTtg/s1600/Commenting.png" height="232" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(to get your hands on this bad boy, see the directions down below!)</i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only that, but they need to give a full description of what that guideline entails. &nbsp;So instead of suggesting we comment on <i>organization,</i>&nbsp;they have to be explicit with what makes a good organization or why organization is important to an essay. &nbsp;Furthermore, their Mini-Class Manifesto on Commenting has to include sample comments representing these guidelines. &nbsp;So what would a helpful comment on organization look like to them?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once they have finished creating this&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manifesto on Commenting</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, they then need to try it out! Let them experience what it is like to comment on an essay with certain expectations. &nbsp;Then have a discussion about it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What worked?</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What didn't work? &nbsp;Why?</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What comments kept popping into their heads that didn't fit their criteria?</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In general, this exercise is very beneficial to the students. &nbsp;They get a first-hand look at the grading process. &nbsp;Even better, they give you insight into what's most important to them!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brownbag-Academics/306314242868406?ref=hl&amp;ref_type=bookmark" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Want to get your hands on my Class Commenting Manifesto</a></u></b>?!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brownbag-Academics/306314242868406?ref=hl&amp;ref_type=bookmark" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZQptu24Wkw/VCuL-qp4rPI/AAAAAAAAAkI/93lQd6vPTtg/s1600/Commenting.png" height="232" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(click me!)</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-&gt;&nbsp;<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brownbag-Academics/306314242868406?ref=hl&amp;ref_type=bookmark" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Like my Facebook page</a></b>&nbsp;and you'll see a tab on the top (or side) that says "Freebie Grab Bag!" &nbsp;(If you don't, it's either because you haven't liked the page or you'll find it under "More"). &nbsp;<b>Click the Freebie Grab Bag tab</b>&nbsp;and you'll be rerouted to free content&nbsp;<i>just for my followers!</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-68772257313432775042014-09-27T17:26:00.001-07:002014-09-27T17:26:45.348-07:00Beauty Bag: Lavender Ion Color Brilliance Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Brownbaggers! &nbsp;If you've been following my blog for a while, you know that I am VERY passionate about education. &nbsp;Theory and pedagogy are my thanggg! &nbsp;However, just like every other teacher on this planet, there is more to me than teaching. &nbsp;For that reason, I'm going to start posting more frequently about health, wellness, and beauty - the other loves of my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For quite some time now I've been wanting a change with my hair color. &nbsp;I have been blonde almost my entire life. &nbsp;And I've been loving the pastel, candy-colored hair trend. &nbsp;I especially love it when it's all-over color. &nbsp;How cool, right?!&nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, given my career choice, I can't color my entire head cotton candy pink. In addition, I don't have the style to pull that off. &nbsp;I would describe myself as preppy,&nbsp;equestrian&nbsp;boho... not&nbsp;eclectic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I decided to put in some lavender peekaboos! &nbsp;Below is my experience with the <a href="http://www.ionprofessional.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-ION-Site/default/Product-Show?pid=ION153" target="_blank">Ion Color Brilliance Brights</a> (semi-permanent) Hair Color in Lavender:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_oNjloDe3n8/VCdOfo_TKMI/AAAAAAAAAiI/SgyUx-uBpAI/s640/blogger-image--1119683831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_oNjloDe3n8/VCdOfo_TKMI/AAAAAAAAAiI/SgyUx-uBpAI/s640/blogger-image--1119683831.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="A product thumbnail of Ion Color Brilliance Brights Semi-Permanent Hair Color" src="http://demandware.edgesuite.net/sits_pod21/dw/image/v2/AABJ_PRD/on/demandware.static/Sites-ION-Site/Sites-SBS-SallyBeautySupply/default/v1411791060938/images/large/ION153.png?sw=221&amp;sh=221&amp;sm=fit" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(<a href="http://www.ionprofessional.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-ION-Site/default/Product-Show?pid=ION153" target="_blank">Check out the other colors they offer!</a>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I won't lie. &nbsp;When I first bought it, I was quite intimidated. &nbsp;I've never colored my hair at home. &nbsp;Ever since I was a young girl, my mom would tell me her horror stories about at-home coloring. &nbsp;But, with my mom there to help me, it was on! &nbsp;The best part about the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ionprofessional.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-ION-Site/default/Product-Show?pid=ION153" target="_blank">Ion Color Brilliance Brights</a> collection is that so many of them were candy-colored. &nbsp;This specific line carries the true pastels I was looking for.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SlRVvh8A2XM/VCdOVpH5EOI/AAAAAAAAAiA/gzB4c1xl-Jk/s640/blogger-image--401865868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SlRVvh8A2XM/VCdOVpH5EOI/AAAAAAAAAiA/gzB4c1xl-Jk/s640/blogger-image--401865868.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What did I like even more?! It ONLY came with a packet of directions and the hair color. &nbsp;No mixing involved. &nbsp;Just squirt the THICK hair color creme into your gloved hands and go to town! &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0TILHbAUan0/VCdOg9SSehI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/wQ54Hn9wm8E/s640/blogger-image-193530228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0TILHbAUan0/VCdOg9SSehI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/wQ54Hn9wm8E/s320/blogger-image-193530228.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted my color to be subtle. &nbsp;Not stop and stare but more like the... "Oh wait? Do you have purple in your hair?" kind of a response. &nbsp;So I pulled up the top inch of hair on both the sides and the back of my part. &nbsp;I wanted the top of my head/hair to remain professional for work. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I had my mom GLOBBBBB on the color cream in large chunks. &nbsp;She spread the thick cream on starting 2" inches from the root of each section and working the color up and down the strands. &nbsp;I made sure that the hair was saturated and left it on for 1 hour. &nbsp;The directions say to leave the color on for 20-40 minutes but from the beginning I knew it would take longer to get a more vibrant color pay-off.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8Pu7day4gkg/VCdOiIC0nnI/AAAAAAAAAiY/yNSdAXUEIaI/s640/blogger-image-1565733625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8Pu7day4gkg/VCdOiIC0nnI/AAAAAAAAAiY/yNSdAXUEIaI/s320/blogger-image-1565733625.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3XL5GZeelWw/VCdPBuAj8MI/AAAAAAAAAio/iGMxQGtG2Q8/s640/blogger-image--452505653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3XL5GZeelWw/VCdPBuAj8MI/AAAAAAAAAio/iGMxQGtG2Q8/s320/blogger-image--452505653.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-idsZtQUuvcs/VCdOq9ih-RI/AAAAAAAAAig/l3PhB4I8__8/s640/blogger-image--1951321318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-idsZtQUuvcs/VCdOq9ih-RI/AAAAAAAAAig/l3PhB4I8__8/s640/blogger-image--1951321318.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see from the pictures above that the color turned out great. &nbsp;It's pretty subtle. &nbsp;At first I thought I should add more; however, the more I look at it, the prettier I think it is. &nbsp;At only <a href="http://www.sallybeauty.com/ion-color-brights/ION153,default,pd.html#start=1" target="_blank">$4.79 a package (from Sally's Beauty Supply)</a>, what a great deal! &nbsp;I &nbsp;would&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for sure</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;do this again <b>if </b>my hair was previously lightened. &nbsp;It does require pre-lightened hair which is something I don't feel comfortable doing on my own.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Final verdict? LOVE. &nbsp;It's super easy to do and idiot proof. &nbsp;It semi-permanent, so you're not married to it. &nbsp;And it's right on trend. &nbsp;I'm trying cotton candy pink or baby blue next time!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-4028975891207424352014-09-24T23:28:00.000-07:002014-09-24T23:28:34.461-07:00Positive Thinking Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;">Welcome to&nbsp;</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;">Positive Thinking Thursday</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;">! &nbsp;I'm glad you are here. &nbsp;I hope you will visit <a href="http://mrslaffinslaughings.blogspot.com/2014/09/positive-thinking-thursday-9-25-14.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Laffin's Laughings</a> to see many positive thoughts from the teacher blogosphere! &nbsp;Everyone is welcome here.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: 'Droid Serif'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dvWxK00yO2o/VCNNS70Kw4I/AAAAAAAADj4/O1GuHucI9q4/s1600/Positive%2BThinking%2BThursday%2BButton.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #45c3d3; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dvWxK00yO2o/VCNNS70Kw4I/AAAAAAAADj4/O1GuHucI9q4/s1600/Positive%2BThinking%2BThursday%2BButton.PNG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px !important; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we settle into the school year, we need to be reminded of our passions. &nbsp;It's easy to get into a comfortable routine. &nbsp;My passion in my teaching career is two-fold. &nbsp;I love my students and I love innovation. &nbsp;But how do I combine the two to stay fresh and unique each day? &nbsp;That's the question I attempt to tackle before every class meeting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7IIGXo98MRk/VCOy2lyXTVI/AAAAAAAAAhM/AISeSKJjnI4/s640/blogger-image-241906445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7IIGXo98MRk/VCOy2lyXTVI/AAAAAAAAAhM/AISeSKJjnI4/s400/blogger-image-241906445.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During a conversation I had with Noam Chomsky he mentioned that "...you're supposed to challenge. &nbsp;Come up with new ideas. &nbsp;[And] go in new directions" in regard to education. &nbsp;This thought really stuck with me over the years. &nbsp;I challenge both you and me to mesh our passions with creativity and innovation. Stay current in your content area and pedagogy. &nbsp;Try new things. &nbsp;Explore new routes for teaching. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8p3XIaxbKLY/VCO0TPipSzI/AAAAAAAAAhY/NZdMwwvt_II/s640/blogger-image--1228175222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8p3XIaxbKLY/VCO0TPipSzI/AAAAAAAAAhY/NZdMwwvt_II/s640/blogger-image--1228175222.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As always, good luck and happy teaching Brownbaggers! &nbsp;I look forward to hearing (<i>or seeing</i>) your innovative ideas!</span></div><br />Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-68098672274575771472014-09-23T14:54:00.000-07:002014-09-23T14:54:09.409-07:00How-To Record Your First Screencast<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So you've decided that you want to record your first screencast! &nbsp;That's excellent! &nbsp;Once you get the hang of it, it will become a natural part of your teaching&nbsp;repertoire. &nbsp;I'm here to help make the "getting started process" easier. What do you need to have ready? &nbsp;How do you set it up? &nbsp;How do you post your information? &nbsp;All of that is included down below so let's get started!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>How do I prepare?</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. &nbsp;<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>You'll need to have some</b></span> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>objectives</b></span><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>.</b></span> &nbsp;Just as you would with a normal class period, you'll need to figure out what your students need to know by the end of the tutorial. &nbsp;What's you end game? &nbsp;It could be as simple as giving them definitions and them being able to identify strategies or terms. &nbsp;Or it could be more complex where you're teaching them writing strategies and want them to be able to identify and apply these strategies. &nbsp;You decide.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. &nbsp;<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>What do you want the screencast to look like?</b></span> &nbsp;You can create a PowerPoint and lecture over it. &nbsp;You can pull up student work samples and do "read alouds". &nbsp;You can pull up a blank document and record yourself through your own writing process. &nbsp;The options are endless but they should match up with your objective(s). &nbsp;Once you figure that out, get all of you information prepared.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img 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/></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>How do I record?</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. &nbsp;<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Choose your recording technology.</b>&nbsp;</span>There are quite a few options out there but the easiest by far is <a href="http://screencast-o-matic.com/" target="_blank">Screencast-O-Matic</a>. &nbsp;It's pain free, user friendly, and requires NO installation. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. &nbsp;<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Start recording.</span>&nbsp; </b>Once you have your documents pulled up on the screen (or PowerPoint), hit the record button! &nbsp;You'll see a little dot-outlined box pull up. &nbsp;Anything inside of that box will be recorded in the screencast. &nbsp;You can, of course, change the size.</span><br /><span 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width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can also choose whether or not you will have audio. &nbsp;You can have no audio if you would like to just <i>show </i>them how to do something. &nbsp;Or you can turn the audio on and talk them through the process or the lecture &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; that's the best option! &nbsp;Audio and visual together make for a more successful screencast. &nbsp; Talk through your information and be your normal self. &nbsp;Your students will like that it's your voice and your personality. &nbsp;They will trust the material because it's coming from&nbsp;<i>you</i>&nbsp;so be <i>you!</i></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYAR4ER526hzZhmpD3E7cvw-M6t4lA-gxHneRnYTXGcBVknEI9jA" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYAR4ER526hzZhmpD3E7cvw-M6t4lA-gxHneRnYTXGcBVknEI9jA" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>What if I mess up?</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. &nbsp;<b style="color: #cc0000;">Pause, Rewind, Start Over.</b>&nbsp; So you started rambling on and on about last night's episode of The Good Wife. &nbsp;Happens to the best of us. &nbsp;You have a couple of options. &nbsp;If you're not too far into it, just start over! &nbsp;If you're 6 minutes into a 10 minute screencast, <i>don't start over</i>. &nbsp;Rewind the video to the part <i>right before </i>your "mess up" and start recording from there. &nbsp;The technology for Screencast-O-Matic allows you to be flexible with your recordings so don't worry.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Where do I post the screencasts?</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. &nbsp;<b style="color: #cc0000;">YouTube or Screencast-O-Matic.</b>&nbsp; There are three options using the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Screencast-O-Matic software. &nbsp;The first is to download the screencast you've recorded. &nbsp;I wouldn't suggest that since it will take quite a bit of time and take up a large chunk of memory. &nbsp;Instead, let this bad boy live online. &nbsp;Option two is to leave it on&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Screencast-O-Matic as a searchable video. &nbsp;This is a good option for those of you who would like it in a somewhat private environment. &nbsp;You can then send the link to your students. &nbsp;Option three is to upload the video to YouTube. &nbsp;This option is only good if you don't mind your screencasts being available for all of the world to see. &nbsp;Remember, you can always take it down in the future. &nbsp;Regardless, do whatever is most comfortable to you.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHKzxoW6Fv1ORIH_72zQ8lLbvvjonXgcGK9GoC2H-iLiFj_T-8ZQ" target="_blank"><img height="234" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHKzxoW6Fv1ORIH_72zQ8lLbvvjonXgcGK9GoC2H-iLiFj_T-8ZQ" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>What sorts of things should I record?</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. &nbsp;<span style="color: #cc0000;">Options are Endless!</span> &nbsp;Below is a list of my favorite ideas for screencasts:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Introductions to a Unit</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Literary Definitions with Examples</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Vocabulary Context Clues in Action</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Student Essay Samples</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Common Errors from Previous Assignments</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>PowerPoint Lectures</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Questions from the Last Class</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Read Alouds with Texts or Student Work</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Example of Your Grading Process</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How to Use Your Online Grading System</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How to Use Your Online Classroom Platform</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How to Create an Email to a Teacher</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Review of the Prompts</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Study Materials</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Collection of Sites to Find More Information</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How to Search for Scholarly Journals</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How to Use the Library Software</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How to Set Up Their Blogs</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Really, the options are endless. &nbsp;Just be creative! &nbsp;Remember that when you make these, you can use them for years to come! &nbsp;That's the best part :) Happy screencasting y'all!</span></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-68901461362917974102014-09-22T19:15:00.000-07:002014-09-25T14:38:15.523-07:00Leaving Class with Questions<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So you had a great class, but in the last 10 minutes there was an influx of questions. &nbsp;Really big questions. &nbsp;Questions like, "but how do I organize my essay?" or "what if I'm having trouble identifying the rhetorical strategies to&nbsp;analyze?" &nbsp;It happens to everyone but what if you don't have time to cover it next class? &nbsp;We're on strict schedules with our curriculum. &nbsp;Even worse, I only see my students 2 times a week. &nbsp;And one of those times is in the computer lab!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frankly, I don't have time to hold the class back one extra day to cover what was confusing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5bww_gQSggkoJAB05cN8Q7zw_lW3Ulwfo9inGHhwX5fjOQmhr" /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So what do we do?</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Here are <b>three things</b> that you can do to address&nbsp;</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>those last-minute questions for next time:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1.</b> &nbsp;<b>Email</b>: &nbsp;I have a professor who, after every class, emails us. &nbsp;It usually starts a little something like this: "After class, I began to think about..." &nbsp;It never makes us feel like we're <i>idiots</i>&nbsp;and he has to waste his time to teach us more...via email. &nbsp;Instead, he brings up the issue in a conversational tone and directs us to places (text book pages, website, podcasts, videos, etc.) that will help us address those questions. &nbsp;He helps us take our learning into our own hands.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2. &nbsp;Podcast</b>: &nbsp;If it's not something that you need a visual for, why not just record your voice lecture style. &nbsp;But make it a short lecture. &nbsp;Audio without visual can drag if it's too long. &nbsp;No more than 10-minute sound bytes. &nbsp;Also, make sure you're using verbal cues to help your students stay on track. &nbsp;Say things like "3 things I'd like to discuss" and mention "first, second, and third" when you get there. &nbsp;Using those verbal cues will help them with note-taking. &nbsp;Feel free to visit my <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/niu-fycomp-103g36/id722630352" target="_blank">podcast </a>to get a feel for how I do things.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3. &nbsp;Screencast-O-Matic</b>: &nbsp;So you like the idea of a podcast but the topic really would benefit from having a visual? &nbsp;Okay, use <a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/">www.screencast-o-matic.com</a>. &nbsp;This is a free service that allows you to audio and visual record your screen without installing anything to your computer. &nbsp;I use it in one of two ways. Sometimes I will create a PowerPoint&nbsp;and go through that while discussing what I naturally would as if I were in class. &nbsp;And sometimes I pull up sample pieces of writing and do a "read aloud" with my students noticing what strategies the authors are using in their writing. &nbsp;Both are great options. &nbsp;The best thing is that Screencast-O-Matic will set up a video page for you or upload it straight to Youtube. &nbsp;That way you can have it for all the world to see if you'd like! &nbsp; See one of my examples down below or visit my <a href="http://brownbagacademics.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-record-your-first-screencast.html" target="_blank">How-To for your first time screencasting</a>!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/5yCjZZ2JQw4?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whatever you choose to do, make sure that you have a plan before you begin. &nbsp;Just like you would with any class, you need to have an objective. &nbsp;If you have that set from the beginning, you're follow-up will be clear and concise! &nbsp;Good luck!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-4303642038587213422014-09-18T20:36:00.002-07:002014-09-18T20:36:53.205-07:00Lil' Durk Time: Building Community within the Classroom<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently there is a new up-and-coming, Chicago-based rapper. &nbsp;Lil' Durk.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How do I know this? Well my students were taking a survey for my Peer Advocate (more about this down below) so that he could learn more about them. &nbsp;One of the survey questions: Who is your favorite artist? &nbsp;As I creeped over their shoulders, I learned that many of them really liked Lil' Durk.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Image result for lil durk" 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/></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Side note. &nbsp;Yes... that's his name. &nbsp;It's really stupid. &nbsp;Let's be real.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After I made a joke about how ridiculous of a name that was and how I didn't believe that he was even a real person, it made me start thinking. &nbsp;You see, I have been working on a pilot program in the First-Year Composition Program called the Peer Advocate (PA) Program. &nbsp;Holy program. &nbsp;The goal of the program is to help retention rates, a problem that is plaguing college campuses nationwide. &nbsp;As a cohort leader/trainer of PAs, I always tell my students that the real goal of this is to get them connected to one another. &nbsp;In all honesty, it doesn't matter how cool a college campus is. &nbsp;It doesn't matter if the football team is amazing or if there is great Greek Life. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>If students don't connect with one another, why would they stay?</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This program, although it is a pilot, is large scale. &nbsp;It involves 30 students being attached to 30 FYComp classes with 25 students per class. &nbsp;That's a total of 750 incoming Freshman being impacted! &nbsp;While the PAs have successfully completed the FYComp classes themselves, their goal isn't necessarily to help the students in class. &nbsp;Instead, they invite students to events, attend club meetings, and take them out for pizza.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like I said, this is large scale. &nbsp;But what can we, as teachers, do <i>right</i> now? What can we do in our classes without having to ask for approval, form committees, and run pilot programs? &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVDwyHSgozybWGDyyIQibnSCI2GmZrsYXyTQLtViQHPWocqmC7xw" /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here's a list of 5 things you can put in place in your classroom today to help start build community with your students this week.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Lil' Durk Time:</b>&nbsp; Like I mentioned above, my students love Lil' Durk. &nbsp;However, every Monday in my class we discuss deep topics like gender, sexuality, race, and religion. &nbsp;I want to loosen them up and have them connect on a human level before we get into these heated discussions. So, I have them sit in different groups each week and give them one odd ball question to get discussion flowing: This is our "Lil' Durk Time". &nbsp;Questions like: What's the worst song on the radio? or What's the best movie you've seen lately? give them a chance to connect with each other as people. Priming them to build relationships.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Group Projects:</b>&nbsp; Every teacher has group projects. &nbsp;Make it a requirement for them to meet outside of class once. &nbsp;You can have them tell you the time/place or you can have a student leader help coordinate. Forcing them to meet outside of class will give them another opportunity to create friendships with one another.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Email: </b>We all have email lists of our classes but don't delete the classes that you don't have any more! &nbsp;Send out an email blast to your old students. &nbsp;Let them know that you're happy the year has finally gotten under way and remind them that you're still here for them. Tell them when your office hours or free periods are and where at so they know when and where to find you.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Seating Arrangement:</b>&nbsp; Don't be afraid to switch it up. &nbsp;Rows facing forward. &nbsp;Rows facing each other. &nbsp;Groups. &nbsp;Large circle. &nbsp;Semi-circle. Pairs. Putting them in different seats allows them to be next to new people that they might not know.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pictures: &nbsp;</b>Take a group picture! Most of us have an online classroom environment like Moodle or Blackboard. &nbsp;Use that picture as the online class banner! &nbsp;That way the online space becomes theirs.</span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whatever you do, remember that while content is important, the most important thing in life is relationships. &nbsp;We want our students to not feel alone in this cray cray world. &nbsp;They should feel comfortable expressing themselves with one another. As terrible as this sounds, I used to say "The class that parties together, stays together." &nbsp;While I don't endorse the <i>partying </i>part, it is true. Our students are more apt to stay involved with the program or school if they feel like they have built roots there.</span></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-28942590824903317952014-09-12T14:59:00.002-07:002014-09-12T14:59:23.928-07:00#SheSharesTruth: Hosea & My Ebb and Flow Relationship<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Brownbaggers!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">School is officially back into swing and I'm so grateful to be back! &nbsp;As you've probably noticed, I haven't posted in a while. &nbsp;I decided to take a 2-week hiatus while I was getting myself situated. &nbsp;I have quite a bit on my plate this semester: teaching, taking classes, writing, researching, mentoring, etc. &nbsp;It took a little bit of time to get adjusted but I think I've got it down. &nbsp;In the meantime though, I've been reading Hosea along with the <a href="http://shereadstruth.com/" target="_blank">#SheReadsTruth</a> community. It gave me some much needed time to reflect on my relationship with God, who I am in Christ, and who I want to be in Christ.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've come to believe that every person's relationship with God ebbs and flows. This was something that I never knew before. I would go through times of incessant prayer, Bible reading, praise music listening, and joy. &nbsp;And then I would go through lulls where God wasn't on my mind until my routine nightly prayer. I wondered what was wrong with me.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Why couldn't I be on fire for Christ 100% of the time, 24/7?</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I began to realize that this was normal. &nbsp;Everyone goes through these waves in their relationships with God. &nbsp;And that's okay. &nbsp;It's something that we need to plan for though.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hosea is quite an interesting book. Focusing on adultery and betrayal but also love and grace. Hosea's relationship with Gomer is so interesting to me. God asks Hosea to take a harlot as a wife. Yes, a harlot. Not surprisingly Gomer is not faithful to her husband. She is constantly stepping out on her loving husband; it's in her nature.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R3BdmtsYEkA/VBNrIdMOUvI/AAAAAAAAAg0/7JGOlK-UCeU/s1600/She%2BShares.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R3BdmtsYEkA/VBNrIdMOUvI/AAAAAAAAAg0/7JGOlK-UCeU/s1600/She%2BShares.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you read the book of Hosea you come to understand that this is both metaphorical for God's relationship with Israel, and more depressingly us. &nbsp;God is our loving Husband. &nbsp;He's my loving Husband (which I'll admit sounds weird to me when I type it). He created me and all of my&nbsp;intricacies. He knows me better than I know myself and loves me more than I could possibly fathom. And I repeatedly step out on him. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Therefore, behold, I will allure her,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Will bring her into the wilderness,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And speak comfort to her.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I will give her her vineyard from there,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And the Valley of Achor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">as a door of hope;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She shall sing there,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As in the days of her youth,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As in the day when she came up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">from the land of Eygpt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-Hosea 2:14-15</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though I have betrayed God countless times, whether it be from my words, actions, or thoughts, God will show me the way back. &nbsp;Not only will He accept me in the end but He will <i>show </i>me how to get there. &nbsp;How incredible! Especially if you consider it from the other way around. How many times would you accept and forgive your husband or wife for cheating on you? Betraying you? For myself I would say zero times. But God does this time and time again because He loves us in a true and deep way.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vaeZzS1084M/VBNrH_FzQ-I/AAAAAAAAAgw/164TYu2p24w/s1600/By%2Bthe%2BHelp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vaeZzS1084M/VBNrH_FzQ-I/AAAAAAAAAgw/164TYu2p24w/s1600/By%2Bthe%2BHelp.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to be able to look back and see that through the waves, my relationship with God has grown deeper and stronger. I want to be able to plot events and interactions on a grid and see how my relationship with God is gradually and steadily improving.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, I still believe that my relationship with God ebbs and flows. It will probably do that for the rest of my life. I won't let that happen purposefully. I won't set out to get into a lull. But I need to remember to plan for those times of spiritual prosperity and famine.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I will heal their backsliding,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I will love them freely...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-Hosea 14:4a</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-1426590746778713032014-08-19T14:12:00.000-07:002014-08-19T14:12:27.361-07:00Post Vacation Blues<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q476EGC4tTo/U_O1D99I6wI/AAAAAAAAAe8/DeO9q2VdLB8/s640/blogger-image-1570519494.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q476EGC4tTo/U_O1D99I6wI/AAAAAAAAAe8/DeO9q2VdLB8/s640/blogger-image-1570519494.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AtKQejU2yn4/U_O1IcYYkqI/AAAAAAAAAfU/oxL0iMBF9Vo/s640/blogger-image--1474180501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AtKQejU2yn4/U_O1IcYYkqI/AAAAAAAAAfU/oxL0iMBF9Vo/s640/blogger-image--1474180501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jFaTfSj2qtY/U_O1FmR8HLI/AAAAAAAAAfE/SUITDcPPX8E/s640/blogger-image-899475026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was a little MIA last week as I visited West Palm Beach with my mom as a sort of Last Fling for the summer! &nbsp;It was a wonderful time! &nbsp;Now that I'm back home, though, I'm a little bit sad. &nbsp;I miss being able to scamper around and do what I want when I want. &nbsp;I mean, within a short amount of time being home our car over heated, my dog was sick, and our policeman neighbor told us that someone could have been peeping in our house. &nbsp;Needless to say, reality set in pretty quick. &nbsp;But, if you're headed to WPB anytime soon or just want to live vicariously, check out what we did!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We visited <a href="http://www.sloansicecream.com/" target="_blank">Sloan's Ice Cream</a> parlor located in the City Place of WPB. &nbsp;The ice cream was fabulous - all homemade and unique. &nbsp;My fav's - Chocolate Chip Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough &amp; Sloan's Dark Chocolate. &nbsp;I consider myself an ice cream&nbsp;connoisseur though I didn't try anything fancy like their Coffee Ice Cream with Krispy Kreme's. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The coolest part? &nbsp;Their bathroom! &nbsp;The bathroom has a glass wall. &nbsp;When you lock the door - it freezes out in solid white! &nbsp;How cool is that? &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jFaTfSj2qtY/U_O1FmR8HLI/AAAAAAAAAfE/SUITDcPPX8E/s640/blogger-image-899475026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nxdg6V8Gzw8/U_O1G4YK5eI/AAAAAAAAAfM/7fm5D-hLeXw/s640/blogger-image-1989667199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nxdg6V8Gzw8/U_O1G4YK5eI/AAAAAAAAAfM/7fm5D-hLeXw/s640/blogger-image-1989667199.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I got to live out my CSI: Miami fantasies by going on an <a href="http://www.evergladesholidaypark.com/" target="_blank">alligator air boat tour in the Everglades</a> and visiting South Beach. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Air boat tour = amazing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alligators = amazing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">South Beach= eh. &nbsp;Who cares.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jFaTfSj2qtY/U_O1FmR8HLI/AAAAAAAAAfE/SUITDcPPX8E/s320/blogger-image-899475026.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q476EGC4tTo/U_O1D99I6wI/AAAAAAAAAe8/DeO9q2VdLB8/s1600/blogger-image-1570519494.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q476EGC4tTo/U_O1D99I6wI/AAAAAAAAAe8/DeO9q2VdLB8/s320/blogger-image-1570519494.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best part was obviously yelling "YOWWWWW" like I was part of the CSI: Miami theme song...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/mR3jnW2kcUs?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, we beached it up. &nbsp;Went to West Palm Beach and South Beach in Miami. &nbsp;I didn't get any pics of the beaches because I didn't want to bring my phone with me but here is a pretty sweet dressed up palm tree. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AtKQejU2yn4/U_O1IcYYkqI/AAAAAAAAAfU/oxL0iMBF9Vo/s1600/blogger-image--1474180501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AtKQejU2yn4/U_O1IcYYkqI/AAAAAAAAAfU/oxL0iMBF9Vo/s640/blogger-image--1474180501.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best part of the beach trip? &nbsp;Well here's a little story for you.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. &nbsp;Night before I ask a local what are the "must-do's" in WPB. &nbsp;He says paddle-boarding. &nbsp;I love paddle-boarding in Lake Michigan but am a little weary of shark-infested waters, I tell him. &nbsp;He says I <i>should </i>be as sharks are migrating and there are "thousands of them up and down the coast right now." &lt;- his words, not mine.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. &nbsp;Swimming in the ocean maybe 20 feet away from shore, the waters start to get dark.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. &nbsp;Everyone in the ocean starts sprinting out screaming.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. &nbsp;Everyone on the beach starts sprinting towards the ocean (and us) with cameras pointing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. &nbsp;School of manatees swim up and by us MAYBE 5 feet away.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously this was amazing but wayyyy cooler after I realized they were manatees and got over the fear of being attacked by sharks!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This isn't all we did. &nbsp;We did quite a bit of shopping, ate at some amazing restaurants, and went to stand up at the Improv Comedy Club. &nbsp;All of this makes me think, why stop having adventures when the school year starts? Adventure doesn't need to be limited to summer time vacations. &nbsp;We can do it in the classroom and in our spare time. &nbsp;With that being said, I'm going to start creating a adventure list of sorts to accomplish this year with my students. &nbsp;Any suggestions to get me started? &nbsp;I'll be posting about it soon so stay posted!</span></div><br />Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-89784824358561304792014-08-15T03:00:00.000-07:002014-08-15T03:00:04.208-07:00To Journal or Not To Journal?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always had a problem with having to journal when I was a student. &nbsp;I never knew what to write about. &nbsp;Worse, I never understood what the point was.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This perception carried over when I started teaching. &nbsp;I had the impression that having my students journal was simply busy work. &nbsp;It was something that I could have them do while I was taking attendance, passing out papers, or talking to students individually.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boy was I wrong. &nbsp;Journaling can be an excellent tool for your students -&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IF it is set up right!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This summer while I was teaching summer school, I started to implement journals as part of the daily routine. &nbsp;But my students weren't <i>only </i>writing about what they would do if they had $1 million. &nbsp;They weren't <i>only </i>writing about which 3 books they would take with them if they were on a deserted island...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes this was my elementary understanding of journal prompts.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instead, they were writing about their past experiences in writing classes. They were journaling about what part of the writing process was the easiest for them. &nbsp;Which was the toughest for them. &nbsp;Journaling became a reflective part of the learning process that was essential to their learning. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Better yet, their final exam turned into a reflection of their overall growth in the semester. &nbsp;They were able to look back through old journal entries and see where and how they were struggling. &nbsp;They were able to scan through their challenges and triumphs. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reflective-Collage-Essay-Journal-Prompts-1281503" target="_blank"><img alt="Reflective Collage Essay &amp; Journal Prompts" src="http://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Reflective-Collage-Essay-Journal-Prompts-1281503-1407308752/original-1281503-1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I compiled a list of <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reflective-Collage-Essay-Journal-Prompts-1281503" target="_blank">14 Journal Prompts</a>&nbsp;along with the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reflective-Collage-Essay-Journal-Prompts-1281503" target="_blank">Reflective Collage Essay</a>&nbsp;for you to try out in your classroom. &nbsp;You can utilize these prompts every day in class for 3 weeks or have them done once a week for an extended-writing project. &nbsp;Either way, they promote reflection in the writing classroom. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know about your experiences with journals before. &nbsp;But I do know that journaling has been a way for my students to truly reflect, both short- and long-term, in ways that I hadn't seen them do before in my classroom.&nbsp; Try them out and let me hear how it goes! &nbsp;I look forward to reading your reflections of <i>their </i>reflections!</span></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-23042396419274039732014-08-14T11:00:00.000-07:002014-08-12T23:16:18.393-07:00What's In My Bag?<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my favorite Beauty Guru YouTube tags is "What's in My Bag?"! &nbsp;I love to see what my favorite YouTubers are carting around with them on a daily basis. &nbsp;So why not take a look at what a teacher carries around with them everyday? &nbsp;As schools start up again this week, I thought I'd give you a look into what I'm currently carrying in my bag. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FbO21P3Y7-o/U-r0i23HvHI/AAAAAAAAAec/6lmVg3ii7Bk/s640/blogger-image-249520460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FbO21P3Y7-o/U-r0i23HvHI/AAAAAAAAAec/6lmVg3ii7Bk/s320/blogger-image-249520460.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here's my new bag. &nbsp;It's my first Vera Bradley and I LOVE IT (thanks Mommba)! My meetings started up this week and I already had tons of compliments. &nbsp;I got mine at the outlet mall but <a href="http://www.verabradley.com/product/little-mandy/olivia-pink/1001517_182663.uts?parentCategoryId=1092&amp;subCategoryId=1128" target="_blank">here </a>is the closest I could find! The bag itself has two outside pockets and plenty of inside pockets. It's great because I have compartments for my pens/pencils/dry erase markers, phone, and any other random items. &nbsp;Also, my favorite feature is the clip on key ring! &nbsp;That way I don't have to worry about my keys falling out!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inside of my bag I have a binder, agenda, notebooks, books, etc. &nbsp;Here's a closer look...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Teacher Binder:</u>&nbsp; This binder has tabs for the classes that I teach and the classes that I take. &nbsp;I love that the dividers have pockets for me to quickly file away extra handouts or newspaper/magazine clippings I've read that may be useful for class! &nbsp;I use the front pocket to house urgent paperwork. &nbsp;That way I don't forget it because it's always the first thing that I see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IWeUHGXg2jg/U-r0e91isnI/AAAAAAAAAeM/ezuhruGOhS4/s640/blogger-image--1062182297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IWeUHGXg2jg/U-r0e91isnI/AAAAAAAAAeM/ezuhruGOhS4/s400/blogger-image--1062182297.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Agenda, Portfolio, &amp; Notebooks:</u>&nbsp; This is my new agenda from <a href="http://www.officemax.com/office-supplies/calendars-planners/appointment-books-wire-bound-planners/daily-planners;jsessionid=p55kUmFmUOc8wxHYRu6lwQ__.omx3-app9?items=46&amp;search=TmFvPTAmTmU9OTk5OTk5OSZOPTEwMDE4MzYmTnU9UF9QUk9EX0lEJk5wPTI%3D&amp;catId=cat1660028" target="_blank">Office Max</a>. &nbsp;I love this one because it's the Week-at-a-Glance style and is set up hourly. The older I get, I find that I have more and more appointments. &nbsp;I have way more scheduling to do. &nbsp;Stay tuned for a post on how to use hourly planners as a teacher! &nbsp;Then I have my portfolio. &nbsp;This bad boy is from when I visited MIT. LOVE it! &nbsp;In it I just have notebook paper and resumes. &nbsp;Hey, you never know when you'll need to pass out a resume! &nbsp;Lastly, a notebook. &nbsp;I'm always taking notes in meetings. &nbsp;I carry one 5-subject notebook: 3 sections for the classes I take, 1 section for the class I teach, and 1 section for programs that I am a part of.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IWeUHGXg2jg/U-r0e91isnI/AAAAAAAAAeM/ezuhruGOhS4/s640/blogger-image--1062182297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Yh51Wzn1qKs/U-r0mGyVHQI/AAAAAAAAAes/3XsFfSSvugk/s640/blogger-image-26294393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Yh51Wzn1qKs/U-r0mGyVHQI/AAAAAAAAAes/3XsFfSSvugk/s640/blogger-image-26294393.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Random Books:</u> &nbsp;</b>Lastly I have a collection of random books. &nbsp;I don't teach out of one particular book. &nbsp;I usually utilize a collection of readings from various books. &nbsp;At the moment, I am carrying around books for some research I am doing on Onomastics. &nbsp;You'll also see there a notepad for leaving friends notes when I miss them. &nbsp;Love that too! &nbsp;I believe this is from Target, but it was a gift from my Sister-in-Law.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Yh51Wzn1qKs/U-r0mGyVHQI/AAAAAAAAAes/3XsFfSSvugk/s640/blogger-image-26294393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z73Z6gD5UZI/U-r0gVhP9eI/AAAAAAAAAeU/3LIFKjukV6Q/s640/blogger-image--1897673976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z73Z6gD5UZI/U-r0gVhP9eI/AAAAAAAAAeU/3LIFKjukV6Q/s400/blogger-image--1897673976.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that's what's in my bag right now. &nbsp;What's in your bag? &nbsp;What am I missing? &nbsp;Tweet me or comment down below!</span></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-79543914795888854582014-08-12T13:09:00.001-07:002014-08-12T13:09:31.806-07:003 Lessons from Pole Dancing<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Warning! &nbsp;Super weird post coming your way.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I took a fitness pole dancing class with a girlfriend of mine. &nbsp;To be quite honest, I was a little bit nervous coming in. &nbsp;It was something that was completely outside of my comfort zone... not to mention I have zero upper body strength. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After paying, my friend and I walked into the fitness room that was scattered with poles. &nbsp;All of the lights were off except for one purple light in the corner of the room. &nbsp;The instructor started by telling us to <i>"Let loose and let our hair down. &nbsp;No one is here to judge anyone else."</i> &nbsp;The class started off a bit awkward for me. &nbsp;I'm not used to sexily prancing around a room and then swinging around a stripper pole. &nbsp;But as time went on (it was a 75-minute class!), I became loose and we all started to forget that the rest of us were there.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes. &nbsp;This is an education blog. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes. &nbsp;I'm writing about pole dancing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What's the connection?! &nbsp;I learned quite a few lessons from my pole dancing class that can be applied to my teaching career. &nbsp;I know. &nbsp;It's weird. &nbsp;But here it goes.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U02suqUASZQ/U-pwhF98SlI/AAAAAAAAAd8/-dlXm_lwMv4/s1600/pole_dance_accident.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U02suqUASZQ/U-pwhF98SlI/AAAAAAAAAd8/-dlXm_lwMv4/s1600/pole_dance_accident.jpg" height="320" width="188" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ol><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Be open to new experiences.</b>&nbsp; It's so easy for us to get wrapped up in doing the same old, same old. &nbsp;We know what works for us and we know what works well. &nbsp;But don't let that stop you from trying something new. Whether it's a new activity to teach,&nbsp;facilitating&nbsp;a discussion in a different way, or&nbsp;entirely <a href="http://brownbagacademics.blogspot.com/2014/06/tutorial-collaborating-with-students.html" target="_blank">flipping your classroom</a>, be open to new experiences. &nbsp;It will teach you a lot about the way your students learn and the way you deal with the unexpected.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Don't be afraid to look like a fool.</b>&nbsp; Like I said, the beginning of the pole dancing class was a little intimidating. &nbsp;2 of the girls in there had been taking classes for weeks and could do upside-down tricks. &nbsp;But I pushed through anyways. &nbsp;Yes, I totally looked like a fool at first. &nbsp;But that's okay. &nbsp;We have to learn to be comfortable with the uncomfortable because only through these experiences can we grow. &nbsp;If you try something new in your class and it's a total failure, that's okay. &nbsp;What's important is <a href="http://brownbagacademics.blogspot.com/2014/06/oops-i-did-it-again-reflecting-on-my.html" target="_blank">how you handle it at the time</a> and how you <a href="http://brownbagacademics.blogspot.com/2014/08/as-teachers-we-know-how-important-it-is.html" target="_blank">reflect </a>on it to improve later.&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>We are all more capable than we realize, and so are our students.</b>&nbsp; I have no upper body strength. &nbsp;I don't say that sarcastically but seriously. The only exercise I'm doing right now is running to train for a 15K I signed up for. I always thought that if I had to pull myself up from the side of a building I would be able to - after this class, though, I'm not quite sure. &nbsp;But during the class I learned that I was able to do a few tricks that I didn't think I would have the capability to do. &nbsp;We all were! All it took with the right instruction and encouragement. &nbsp;Our instructor was kind and a good listener. &nbsp;When we struggled, she was able to watch our technique, diagnose the problem, and set us on the straight and narrow. &nbsp;We need to remember that for ourselves but also for how we <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/running-dry-classroom" target="_blank">interact with our students when they're struggling. </a>&nbsp;</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, I know it's a weird experience to talk about and relate to teaching but it's all very true. &nbsp;I think it's quite possible that&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can learn a lot from my pole dancing teacher in regard to how I teach my own students. &nbsp;</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-42707187654975872522014-08-07T16:52:00.000-07:002014-08-07T16:53:07.515-07:00Reflection in the Classroom<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As teachers, we know how important it is to reflect. &nbsp;We reflect every time a lesson goes good, bad, terrible, or horrendous. &nbsp;But how often do we have our <i>students </i>reflect?</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Typically we set aside time for our students to reflect after they've written an essay, right? &nbsp;This is usually part of the peer review process where they think about what they did well in their essay and the areas that they struggled in.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But what if I told you that our students should be reflecting all of the time?!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What if I told you that having our students reflect <i>before</i>&nbsp;our units would enable them to succeed?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's true. &nbsp;Having students reflect on their past experiences, what they expect out of a situation, or what they hope to get out of a learning experience teaches them to frame the learning process in a different light. &nbsp;It also allows them to buy into the learning. If they have already invested time and energy into reflecting on the unit before it begins, chances are they will be more engaged throughout the unit. &nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I suggest that you start the school year and every major unit off with reflection. Remember, reflection doesn't end when you call time. &nbsp;It is something that students should be readdressing throughout the learning process. When "problems" come up, have students look back at their expectations. &nbsp;Have them imagine what they were thinking then and how they would've expected to handle these "problems". &nbsp;After the unit, have them look back at their reflections to see how accurate they were. &nbsp;In what ways? &nbsp;There should be a constant cycle of reflection during the learning process.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reflective-Window-Frames-1379531" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Reflective Window Frames" src="http://mcdn1.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Reflective-Window-Frames-1379531-1407453030/original-1379531-1.jpg" height="320" width="246" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To make your life a little bit easier, I created <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reflective-Window-Frames-1379531" target="_blank">Reflective Window Frames</a>. These window frames are set up to have students reflect on what they want out of their teachers, partners, and group members. &nbsp;Better yet, they're Copy &amp; Go. &nbsp;No work required!&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Print 'em off and hand 'em out!&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-55761865509309539362014-08-04T19:00:00.000-07:002014-08-04T19:00:23.967-07:00New (School) Year - New You<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been thinking a lot lately about life goals. &nbsp;In fact, I think about goals in most of my spare time. &nbsp;The only thing I can do to stop thinking about the future is to hang out with a friend or binge on The Good Wife. &nbsp;But thinking about goals isn't a bad thing. &nbsp;Actually, with back to school quickly approaching, I think it's a good thing!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why wait until New Year's Eve to set goals for ourselves?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With a new school year beginning, we have a fresh start. &nbsp;We have an opportunity to start anew and to make progress in so many different areas of our lives.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're in education, you've probably heard of SMART goals.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9TyijvUhWK8/U-A0J62vN8I/AAAAAAAAAdk/CFnT3dpJZLo/s1600/SMART.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9TyijvUhWK8/U-A0J62vN8I/AAAAAAAAAdk/CFnT3dpJZLo/s1600/SMART.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SMART Goals are an excellent way for you to reach&nbsp;realistic&nbsp;goals in a certain amount&nbsp;of time. &nbsp;If you are interested in learning more about SMART goals, check out Adam Sicinski's <a href="http://blog.iqmatrix.com/set-smart-goals" target="_blank">post</a>. &nbsp;He offers a ton of valuable information!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm more concerned with us Brownbaggers setting goals for <span style="color: red;">multiple areas of our lives</span>. &nbsp;Clustering our goals. &nbsp;It's so easy for us to be focused on helping our students, growing as teachers, and collaborating with others in our field. This is great! &nbsp;But, <span style="color: #351c75;">teaching should not be our entire lives</span>. &nbsp;Simply said, it's just not healthy.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instead, we should have lives that are enriched in various areas. &nbsp;Spending a considerable amount of time in these areas will help us to feel more fulfilled and positive. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I'm going to show you what I am doing in hopes that you might be inspired to do it too! &nbsp;Here are the 6 areas that I plan to set goals in. &nbsp;Before I set my goals, I'm going to ask myself a few questions and reflect on what's going on in my life. &nbsp;After all, reflection is the mark of a true teacher, right? &nbsp;Only after I spend time reflecting will I then set goals.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Goal-Setting Areas &amp; Questions to Reflect On:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Spirituality:</span>&nbsp; How is my spiritual life? How often am I reading my Bible? Attending church? What relationships do I have that are centered around the love for Jesus Christ? In what ways am I volunteering my time?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Family: </span>How often do I spend quality time with my family members? In what ways do I communicate with my family (text, email, phone call, in person, etc.)? Am I okay with that?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Friends: </span>How often do I spend quality time with my friends?&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In what ways do I communicate with my friends (text, email, phone call, in person, etc.)? Am I okay with that? Am I open to new friendships? Do I make an effort?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Hobbies: </span>What is my favorite way to spend my free time? How often do I make time to do that activity? What new hobbies have I always wanted to try but haven't had the courage to do so?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Work: </span>Based on my actions, how do I think my co-workers view me?&nbsp;How can I make myself more valuable at work? What professional development can I do to serve others better?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Fitness: </span>What is my current fitness routine?&nbsp;What challenges can I put on myself?&nbsp;</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's important that when I reflect on these areas of my life, that I am extremely honest with myself. &nbsp;Without honesty, I won't be able to improve myself. &nbsp;From that point, I can move onto setting my goals. &nbsp;While I won't share my reflections with you (for sake of time and it may be a little awkward), I will share my finalized goals.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9TyijvUhWK8/U-A0J62vN8I/AAAAAAAAAdg/yephKSJXOk8/s1600/SMART.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KouYb5s0AN4/U-A0J0-vKCI/AAAAAAAAAdc/WrfBxXqvto4/s1600/GOALS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KouYb5s0AN4/U-A0J0-vKCI/AAAAAAAAAdc/WrfBxXqvto4/s1600/GOALS.jpg" height="124" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Goals:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Spirituality:</span>&nbsp; Join a small group. &nbsp;Serve 1x/month in the community outreach starting in August/Sept.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Family:&nbsp;</span>Pick up the phone and call my family members (immediate and extended).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Friends:&nbsp;</span>Let new friendships emerge by getting contact information, making plans, and sticking to them.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Hobbies:&nbsp;</span>Try a Paint Nite class with my friends.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Work:&nbsp;</span>Finish reading<i> Creating Magic</i>. &nbsp;Set and stick to specific times to work on certain projects.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Fitness:&nbsp;</span>Run the Hot Chocolate 15K in November.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some people might ask, why do you need to write your goals down? &nbsp;It's a valid question. &nbsp;Really, you don't <i>need</i>&nbsp;to write your goals down. &nbsp;But I would argue that taking the time to write them down forces you to think more about what you want out of life. &nbsp;What you expect from yourself, what you want to add to the lives of others, and what you desire from your family and friends. Better yet, publishing them publicly gives you accountability to stick with it. Remember that these aren't set in stone. Reevaluate monthly. Your desires might change and that's okay. It's important to be intentional though. After all, writing without a sharpened pencil is pointless.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what goals do you have Brownbaggers? &nbsp;Comment below! &nbsp;I'd love to hear what you have going on. &nbsp;Let's keep each other accountable.&nbsp;</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-34309549934397401782014-07-31T16:28:00.000-07:002014-07-31T16:28:21.211-07:00Top 5: July<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So July is coming to an end and it's about time to show you my favorites from the month! &nbsp;This summer, I was exposed to great professional development and implemented several new things into my teaching with my summer school classes. &nbsp;Without&nbsp;further&nbsp;adieu, here's the&nbsp;</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: magenta;">Top 5 for July</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><ol></ol><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: magenta;">Coggle</span>:</u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp; <a href="http://brownbagacademics.blogspot.com/2014/07/coggle-yourself.html" target="_blank">I wrote a post on Coggle</a> before but I want to reiterate how amazing it is. &nbsp;This FREE mind-streaming software really reimagined the way my students planned out their essays. &nbsp;I had intended on using Coggle as a pre-writing device but my students had other plans. &nbsp;Instead, they chose to use it as a way to create an outline that was not limited by the Roman Numeral system. &nbsp;They focused on relationships and level of specificity. &nbsp;</span><br /><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><br /></u><div><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: magenta;">Drive</span>:</u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp; This summer I <a href="http://brownbagacademics.blogspot.com/2014/06/tutorial-collaborating-with-students.html" target="_blank">transformed my entire writing class into one that is based online</a>. &nbsp;Every essay was written online (yes... I used to be the teacher that made students do hand-written drafts!). &nbsp;Every essay was revised online. Every essay was graded online. &nbsp;The share, chat, and commenting functions of Google Drive allowed me and my students to interact with their writing in a way that time wasn't allowed for in the traditional writing classroom.</span><br /><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><br /></u></div><div><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: magenta;">Twitter</span>:</u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp; This has been my favorite professional&nbsp;development! &nbsp;At this moment, I'm loving these Tweet chats: #christianeducations (Christian Educators), #iledchat (Illinois Educators), #ntchat (New Teachers), and #21stedchat (21st Century Education). There are so many others that I love too. &nbsp;Pretty much any state-level tweet chat is fun to me! &nbsp;I enjoy collaborating with teachers across the country. &nbsp;Stay tuned for a post on how to successfully participate in an educational Twitter chat. &nbsp;In the mean time, </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">check out these other Tweet Chats</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><br /></u></div><div><a href="http://www.thebrieflab.com/book/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img height="200" 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width="132" /></a><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">BRIEF:</u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;Joe McCormack's new book </span><a href="http://www.thebrieflab.com/book/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><i>BRIEF</i>&nbsp;</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is intended for high-level executives in Fortune 500 companies. &nbsp;But that doesn't mean teachers can't learn from it! &nbsp;The premise of the book is that because we are so inundated with information, we must learn the keys to brevity and how they apply to speaking, presenting, and writing - or as he calls it, being a "lean communicator". &nbsp;Isn't that what we do as teachers?</span><br /><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></b></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Magic-Common-Leadership-Strategies/dp/0385523866" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" 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width="132" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Creating Magic:</u>&nbsp; Lee Cockerell, the man who ran Walt Disney World operations, says "It's not the magic that makes it work; it's the way we work that makes it magic" in his book&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Magic-Common-Leadership-Strategies/dp/0385523866" target="_blank"><i>Creating Magic</i></a>. In it, he discusses 10 leadership strategies that help you to put people first in any and every market. The book itself is full of insights into people and what makes them tick.</span></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-72793767160756236992014-07-29T12:00:00.000-07:002014-07-31T16:42:58.863-07:00Adventures with Doctopus<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I discovered <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/doctopus/ffhegaddkjpkfiemhhnphmnadfbkdhbf?hl=en" target="_blank">Doctopus</a>. Apparently I'm a year behind but it's better late than never, right Brownbaggers? &nbsp;Doctopus is a Google Sheets Add On and, according to its description, it was designed with "teacher workflow in mind - taming complexity and unlocking the power of Google Apps for differentiation and collaboration." &nbsp;Quite a claim! &nbsp;You all already know that I am a HUGE FAN of using Google Apps in the classroom. &nbsp;In fact, <a href="http://brownbagacademics.blogspot.com/2014/06/tutorial-collaborating-with-students.html" target="_blank">I have revamped my entire writing curriculum to be entirely online through Google Drive</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So when I heard about an Add On that could essentially make my life easier by "passing out" my documents, storing them in one place, and allowing me to grade with a rubric... I was down!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/iPeIeAJBlmA?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thus far my experience has been a little murky though. &nbsp;I don't know if it's just me but I found that the explanations of Doctopus could have been a little bit clearer. &nbsp;<i>Maybe they could have hired a technical writer?</i> &nbsp;I wonder if the directions make sense to people who have used Doctopus over the past year, but as a newbie I was confused.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It starts off by asking you to import or create a new roster including names and emails. &nbsp;Simple enough. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dc3Hfy9N4WA/U8_gKsqkrAI/AAAAAAAAAbg/WGoA7z4Izfc/s1600/Docto1.1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dc3Hfy9N4WA/U8_gKsqkrAI/AAAAAAAAAbg/WGoA7z4Izfc/s1600/Docto1.1.png" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it goes through the different types of folders that can or should be created. &nbsp;As a newbie, I didn't know the difference. &nbsp;I suspect that the longer I toy around with it, the more familiar I will become. &nbsp;You'll see in the picture below that just one&nbsp;assignment&nbsp;for one roster created all of the folders under "July -&nbsp;Summer School Students". &nbsp;That's 11 folders. &nbsp;I only have 7 students for this section so imagine a full-sized class! &nbsp;That being said, I hope and assume that additional assignments will be filed under the same roster. &nbsp;Time will tell. &nbsp;But, folders created!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jvF_DcQ4Bx4/U8_gqiDpBOI/AAAAAAAAAbo/voAOIFtyOgQ/s1600/Docto2.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jvF_DcQ4Bx4/U8_gqiDpBOI/AAAAAAAAAbo/voAOIFtyOgQ/s1600/Docto2.2.png" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next it asks you to choose the assignment template. &nbsp;I had a difficult time choosing one because it didn't give me access to other folders on my Drive. Maybe that's a glitch with my computer. &nbsp;Anyhow, I just resaved my assignment template in the folder that the roster had just created. &nbsp;I could then upload the assignment template from there. I did like that it gives you <i>options </i>for how the students view the document. &nbsp;For example <u>they can view only, comment, or edit </u>(nothing new) but you can also set it up for them to <u>view each other's or only their own</u>. &nbsp;That's a cool feature! &nbsp;It also allows you to <u>send it to groups or to individuals</u>. &nbsp;There's where a new level of collaboration comes in. &nbsp;I sent the assignments and checked what they looked like on the other end - meaning I snooped over a student's shoulder.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check!</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally it allows you to do Add On's with grading. &nbsp;I have yet to use those but I look forward to exploring them. &nbsp;<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/goobric/cepmakjlanepojocakadfpohnhhalfol?hl=en" target="_blank">Goobric</a>, an interactive rubric tool, can be added on to the Doctopus sheet so that they interface together. &nbsp;As I typically grade&nbsp;holistically, I haven't tried it yet. All in good time!</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check!</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My thoughts so far? &nbsp;It seems difficult to use and easy to use at the same time. &nbsp;As a beginner, I feel like I have no clue what's going on or how to truly utilize Doctopus yet. &nbsp;It's not super user friendly. &nbsp;At the same time, I know that it has much to offer. I'm excited to see what opportunities for innovation and collaboration it will bring into my classroom. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll keep you all updated as I become more familiar with it, of course. &nbsp;Have any of you used it before? &nbsp;I'd love to get some tips from you all! Comment below or tweet me <a href="https://twitter.com/mac_ker1" target="_blank">@mac_ker1</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-65829747606178595502014-07-28T11:00:00.000-07:002014-07-28T11:00:02.483-07:00Learning from a Veteran: An Interview<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had the pleasure of working with my girl Steph for the first three years of my teaching career. &nbsp;During that time, she was supportive and challenging and encouraged me to be a teacher that really stuck to her guns. &nbsp;She taught me that it was okay to challenge my students in a new way and she always urged me to be a collaborator. &nbsp;During our last conversation, I thought this teacher has so much wisdom to offer! &nbsp;So I decided to interview her. &nbsp;Below are some little nuggets of gold to take with as the school year begins.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1. &nbsp;What is the most important thing that you have learned that student teaching didn't prepare you for?<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><i>Student teaching is a time of life when I was definitely in survival mode. I was trying to lesson plan well, teach well, grade well, know my students as best I could, and to sleep a bit here and there. During this time, I was so focused on my classroom, that I saw little outside of those four walls. Therefore, student teaching did not, in any way, prepare me for the variety of teacher personalities and agendas that I would come in contact with.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><i>It did not occur to me that collaboration would be incredibly difficult at times; that small groups of teachers are resistant to change and therefore growth. Student teaching did not warn me that some teachers would forget why they got into this profession in the first place. Their self-centeredness and stubbornness was shocking in the early days of my career. Honestly, after twelve years it is still surprising at times.&nbsp; Student teaching did not show me the disappointment I would feel at times in my colleagues, and undoubtedly the disappointment they sometimes feel in me. It also did not show me the personalities of those who constantly go above and beyond, of those who can reach students unreachable in other classrooms. I was unprepared for the lengths some teachers are willing to go for students, for their schools, and for their communities. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fM2hcc3DGqY/U9LaYrLfAEI/AAAAAAAAAcU/D9wq_geOzPs/s640/blogger-image--1189423071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fM2hcc3DGqY/U9LaYrLfAEI/AAAAAAAAAcU/D9wq_geOzPs/s320/blogger-image--1189423071.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><i>What I have learned during the last twelve years, no thanks to student teaching, is to align myself with teachers, administrators, and staff who inspire me and to stay away from those who create drama or who drag me down.</i></span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><i>I have learned to seek out those who are like minded and to learn from and grow with them. Only in this way, can I become the absolute best version of my teacher self. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">2. &nbsp;When was the first time you realized, "wow, I'm really a teacher"?<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><i>I did not have my first “Aha” moment in which I felt like a real teacher, until a few years into my career. I came into teaching from the publishing field and have always felt that improving student writing is critical. During one class period, I was having students revise pieces of their own writing, as well as other student pieces of writing. We were making sure statements were supported with textual evidence and we were eliminating wordiness. Any changes that helped improve writing flow or increased clarity were celebrated and witnessed by the entire class. Students began complimenting each other on changes being made, and started thanking each other for the help they were receiving. I knew they were improving. They knew they were enjoying the activity. At the end of the period, one student came up and thanked me for caring about their writing and for trying to make them better. That was it! I knew then that I was a “real teacher.” When you can get students to thank you for making them work, you have made it!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">3. &nbsp;What's one activity that you did during your first few years of teaching that you will&nbsp;<i>never&nbsp;</i>do again and why?<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5rkGccIqmIU/U9LaVz2ubVI/AAAAAAAAAcM/ot4EG9q7ZHk/s640/blogger-image--1880260437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5rkGccIqmIU/U9LaVz2ubVI/AAAAAAAAAcM/ot4EG9q7ZHk/s320/blogger-image--1880260437.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><i>During my first few years of teaching I wanted to work a creative project into my Shakespeare unit. I also wanted to have student-produced work to display in my classroom. I remember assigning the License Plate Project. Students were to create a license plate that related in some way to Julius Caesar.&nbsp; They were meant to be clever and to reveal an important part of the play. Many of the plates simply had phrases such as: E2BRUTE, or SEASER or STABSTAB. <b>They were colorful or cute and the right size or shape, but in my reflection of this activity I realized the students got nothing out of doing this. They were not asked to analyze or critically think. They were asked to be cute and to color nicely.</b> I have learned since those early days that my creative projects must always contain a written explanation of the creative piece. When doing creative projects now, my students must incorporate a discussion of why they chose certain colors; the symbolism of their piece; any allegory or allusion they have included, etc. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">4. &nbsp;What role does creativity play in your classroom?<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GgXszNey2G4/U9LaZutMpJI/AAAAAAAAAcc/YRnkx16SJCQ/s640/blogger-image--2066469549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GgXszNey2G4/U9LaZutMpJI/AAAAAAAAAcc/YRnkx16SJCQ/s320/blogger-image--2066469549.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><i>Creativity plays a solid role in my current classroom. I am very aware that not all students learn in the same way, and that many cannot express what they have learned in the form of multiple choice tests and formal essays. In my classroom we stand up, we move around, we sing, we chant, we play, we color, we paint, we write, we read, we laugh, we share. My opening day activity with seniors in Honors World Literature is a finger painting activity. They must describe the role of a griot in Africa, but do so on butcher paper using finger paints. Later in the year when we study cuneiform and hieroglyphics, they create their own symbols and alphabets related to modern day and write a brief story using their designs.&nbsp; Anyone without an assigned reading part during Oedipus Rex becomes part of the chorus and must help chant those lines while walking in a circle in the middle of the room. Hector and Achilles have had their arguments on top of desks and they have spilled out into the hallway. Odysseus and Penelope have had heartfelt discussions lying next to each other on the floor of my classroom, and many a student has taken the risk to show us the video she created at home, because she was just a bit too nervous to be creative with us watching in real time. <b>Creativity is noisy and messy. It means the teacher has to let go a little bit, but it makes learning fun and it is engaging.</b>&nbsp; And, it can create amazing results.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">5. &nbsp;If your teaching style was an animal, what would it be and why?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"><i>This is a difficult question. After much deliberation I have decided that my teaching style is that of a wasp. Much like the wasp, I attempt to keep stinging (read as motivating) my students. Their flailing hands and attempts and shooing me away, are useless. I buzz around their heads and near their ears so that they hear my voice and understand my expectations even when they are away from my classroom. I buzz near them and attempt to make them move, and only really sting when necessary. </i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><br /><br />Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-9025891522257613532014-07-25T17:11:00.000-07:002014-07-26T21:51:41.457-07:00What's the real difference between teaching high school and college?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As many of you probably know, I taught high school for the first 3 years of my career before moving on to the collegiate level. &nbsp;This summer, though, I had the opportunity to teach summer school for credit recovery students (not all were credit recovery but a large majority were). &nbsp;There is a huge difference between the way you teach high schoolers and the way you teach college students, even freshman, but that's no surprise. &nbsp;You don't need me to tell you that. &nbsp;</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, what's truly interesting is the huge difference in the way that these students interact with you at different points in their academic careers. &nbsp;You would think that only being separated by 1-2 years of age wouldn't change the way they interact with their instructors but boy does it. &nbsp;So what did I learn from having sandwiched experiences in the high school and college classroom?</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>High schoolers are more personable. </b>&nbsp; I love my college students... don't get me wrong. &nbsp;But high schoolers are more interested in having relationships with their instructors. &nbsp;They want to know what's going on in your life. &nbsp;They are interested in whether or not you've heard of Wiz Khalifa and are disgusted when you haven't. In general, they want to know you as a person. &nbsp;</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For college students, this isn't really the case. &nbsp;My college kids are there to learn and that's about it. &nbsp;Now, this may be because I teach a general education course - I would hope that they build more relationships with professors in their areas of academic study. &nbsp;But by and large, it's come to class and book it when it's over. &nbsp;I'm not sure which I prefer more.&nbsp;</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>College students become instantly more responsible.</b>&nbsp; It has to be the fact that they know that&nbsp;<i>they're in college </i>because it has been less than a year since they were running around their high schools wearing face paint for Class Color Day. &nbsp;College students truly are more responsible. &nbsp;And even when they're not, they don't tell you about it. &nbsp;There's no "I didn't have time for... " or "My printer wasn't working..." or even "You didn't explain it clear enough...". They own up to their mistakes and take the consequences usually without complaint.</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">High schoolers on the other hand, not so much. &nbsp;Of course there are the good students who are <i>way </i>more mature than their classmates. &nbsp;But I would say it was a weekly&nbsp;occurrence having one of those awkward conversations where excuses were made. &nbsp;The framing of just <u>being in college</u>&nbsp;completely changes a student's outlook and behavior. &nbsp;It's refreshing.</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In general, I would rather teach college students.</b>&nbsp; Yes, I get to teach the material that I'm more interested in but I also get to interact with adult students. &nbsp;I can encourage them and press them in ways that public K-12 doesn't really allow for. My experience this summer did remind me of what I love about high school students, though. &nbsp;They act like real people and they treat you like a real person (however they still treat you like a loser when they see you at the local ice cream shop). &nbsp;</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As school time starts to creep up on us, some of us are dreading it and some of us can't wait until the <a href="http://brownbagacademics.blogspot.com/2014/07/brownbag-back-to-school-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">first day</a>. &nbsp;Just remember that we're lucky. &nbsp;Not only do we have <i>jobs </i>(a hot commodity nowadays), we also serve students - the future of our country. &nbsp;We have the opportunity to encourage kids of all ages and teach them not just about our content but about how to be a citizen, a person, and a friend.&nbsp;</span>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-83246147759077383302014-07-23T16:52:00.003-07:002014-07-23T17:49:26.034-07:00Brownbag Back to School Blog Hop<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome Brownbaggers! &nbsp;Yep! &nbsp;It's that time of the year again. &nbsp;July is coming to an end and August is just around the corner. &nbsp;It's back to school time already! Can you believe it?! &nbsp;Teachers around the country are already planning curriculum, designing materials, and collaborating with others. &nbsp;Some of us never even stopped!</span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5oGP2_F5V_4/U4jW6pZ9kyI/AAAAAAAAARw/iiNx87Ajj2g/s1600/Badge.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5oGP2_F5V_4/U4jW6pZ9kyI/AAAAAAAAARw/iiNx87Ajj2g/s1600/Badge.png" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well we want to help you out with that awkward first day of the semester. &nbsp;What should teachers do for their first day back? &nbsp;How do we make it interesting without losing our own sense of pedagogy? &nbsp;This blog hop will give you a great list of </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First Day of School Activities </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that can be put to use in all different classrooms for all different content areas!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>So what am I doing you might ask?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like to start my semester off with some reflection and future telling! &nbsp;I'm not a big PowerPoint person. &nbsp;I don't do a ton of front-of-the-classroom teaching as I don't find it&nbsp;conducive&nbsp;to my own teaching style. &nbsp;Enter Michael Scott's take on PowerPoint.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="https://ytimg.googleusercontent.com/vi/i_2Hh-UGm8I/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/i_2Hh-UGm8I&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/i_2Hh-UGm8I&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>However</i>, I do like to have a visual of what we will be covering... and no, not just me pointing at them! &nbsp;So here's a layout of what I cover in my <b>Welcome Back Interactive PowerPoint!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">1. &nbsp;Reflection:</span><span style="color: #274e13;"> &nbsp;</span></b></span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's important to me that my students are able to reflect on past experiences in&nbsp;similar</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;classes. &nbsp;I want to hear the good, <span style="font-size: large;">the bad</span>, and <span style="font-size: x-large;">the ugly! &nbsp;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2. &nbsp;Connection:</b>&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So why do those past experiences matter for this class? Because they know how they learn best! &nbsp;As a class we can draw on this knowledge for activities, policies &amp; procedures, and so much more!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3. &nbsp;Examination:</b>&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> What do they need to know <i>today</i>? &nbsp;Together we check out the syllabus and the room set up. &nbsp;We go over the meatiest info - we like to call this part "Syllabus Day" in higher ed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">4. &nbsp;Analysis:</span></b><span style="color: #274e13;">&nbsp; Even though we just read through the syllabus, it's important that my students can see the value in it for them at that exact moment. &nbsp;I have them pick out the 3 most important skills they will learn and argue which will be most useful for them.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">5. &nbsp;Questioning:</span><span style="color: #274e13;"> &nbsp;</span></b><span style="color: #274e13;">I want my syllabus&nbsp;ingrained&nbsp;in my students' heads. &nbsp;I want them to know&nbsp;how many essays they're writing, what the grading scale is, and what my policy is on late work. &nbsp;So we make a game about it! &nbsp;Students testing students!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brownbag-Academics/306314242868406?ref=hl&amp;ref_type=bookmark" target="_blank">Want to get your hands on my Welcome Back Interactive Powerpoint</a></u></b>?!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; 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</script> <!-- end InLinkz script -->Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-55635910036843136292014-07-22T02:00:00.000-07:002014-07-22T02:00:01.102-07:00Carry-On Bag: Summer School<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out the second installment of Carry-On Bag and see what a day in my life looks like!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J3vZYqXPBa0/U82w3mvjeII/AAAAAAAAAa8/k2dBbNv9384/s1600/easelly_visual+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J3vZYqXPBa0/U82w3mvjeII/AAAAAAAAAa8/k2dBbNv9384/s1600/easelly_visual+%25283%2529.jpg" height="309" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-30915047111432764662014-07-21T09:12:00.003-07:002014-07-21T09:13:24.484-07:00Coggle Yourself<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wvKGEyREHRI/U80qFuhB6vI/AAAAAAAAAaY/x8_CfabTJ8o/s640/blogger-image--443110442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wvKGEyREHRI/U80qFuhB6vI/AAAAAAAAAaY/x8_CfabTJ8o/s640/blogger-image--443110442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-18flBWaN84k/U80qG7V4BHI/AAAAAAAAAag/EyAaFLScVCA/s640/blogger-image--811065037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-18flBWaN84k/U80qG7V4BHI/AAAAAAAAAag/EyAaFLScVCA/s640/blogger-image--811065037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_W_ijv8Wm5Y/U80qEgoAP2I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/iAutiB45jm8/s640/blogger-image-1911241702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's right, Brownbaggers. &nbsp;I said it. &nbsp;Coggle yourself. &nbsp;Coggle is my new&nbsp;fascination. &nbsp;I love to introduce new technologies into my classroom that allow my students to ease themselves into the writing process. &nbsp;Technologies that help them to create rather then add one more step to the process. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://coggle.it/" target="_blank">Coggle </a>is a FREE mind-streaming software that encourages users to freely associate ideas. &nbsp;If you've never used Coggle before, check out this tutorial down below!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/YC4O4vb7IXo?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a writing teacher, I have found Coggle to be useful in a number of ways.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Organization </span>&gt; <span style="color: #e06666;">Students are forced to use a branching mechanism to identify different ideas having to do with their main topic or organization.</span> &nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Relationships</span> &gt; <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Students must view their ideas in relationship to one another. &nbsp;A typical outline uses a Roman Numeral system. &nbsp;With Coggle, the mind-streaming software uses a Parent &gt; Child &gt; Sister relationship. Not only do students see the differing level of specificity between Parent and Child, they must also recognize the relationship between the sister levels making them unified and coherent.</span></span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So how did I use it in my classroom? &nbsp;I used it for planning an entire paper. In fact, I didn't even make them write the paper. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I only graded their "Essay Map".</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_W_ijv8Wm5Y/U80qEgoAP2I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/iAutiB45jm8/s640/blogger-image-1911241702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-525HopjHo2A/U80qHi9owgI/AAAAAAAAAao/T4zw9iBqo_g/s640/blogger-image--35527236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-525HopjHo2A/U80qHi9owgI/AAAAAAAAAao/T4zw9iBqo_g/s320/blogger-image--35527236.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is nothing anywhere that tells us students HAVE to fully write out each and every essay. &nbsp;<span style="color: magenta;">Pre-writing</span> stages are just as, if not more, important than the drafting stages. &nbsp;Even better, though Coggle seems to be only for pre-writing, most of my students used it for <span style="color: magenta;">drafting</span>. &nbsp;Where they started with writing individual words, they later returned and replaced with sentences, examples, and transitional expressions. &nbsp;Further they <span style="color: magenta;">revised </span>throughout the entire Coggle process. &nbsp;They essentially went through the entire writing process without ever writing a traditional essay. &nbsp;It took them a little over an hour to develop the Coggles you see inn these images.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_W_ijv8Wm5Y/U80qEgoAP2I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/iAutiB45jm8/s320/blogger-image-1911241702.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-18flBWaN84k/U80qG7V4BHI/AAAAAAAAAag/EyAaFLScVCA/s400/blogger-image--811065037.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In and of itself, Coggle is an effective tool to employ in the writing classroom. The uses are limitless. &nbsp;We should spend more time on the pre-writing stages of the writing as they produce more meaningful and effective essays. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perhaps</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;we should even forgo writing entire essays for specific assignments. After all, Common Core would suggest that we focus more on process rather than product. &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;"><ul><li style="color: #202020; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/9-10/4/" name="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4</a></li><ul style="color: #202020; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)</span></li></ul><li style="color: #202020; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/9-10/5/" name="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.5" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.5</a></li><ul style="color: #202020; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grades 9-10</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/9-10/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003a58; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">here</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.)</span></li></ul><li style="color: #202020; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/9-10/6/" name="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.6" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6</a></li><ul style="color: #202020; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.</span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;">Based on the CCSS listed above, it's important to spend time focusing on the process of idea development and&nbsp;organization. &nbsp;Coggle is one of many useful tools to implement in your classroom to help you do that. &nbsp;Try it out! &nbsp;Let me know how it goes by commenting below with your experiences - the positives and the negatives.</span></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;"><br /></span></span></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-48088490999076275192014-07-15T09:01:00.002-07:002014-07-15T09:03:35.647-07:00Field Trip to the Art Exhibit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To change things up in the 4-hour long summer school class that I teach, I took my students to the art exhibit on campus. &nbsp;After visiting and observing, students were to write a back story on a piece of art of their choice. &nbsp;It was, in a way, a multi-modal essay because it included both text and photo. &nbsp;They were to include a photo of the artwork that they chose and reference it in their essay. &nbsp;Aside from that, there weren't too many restrictions. &nbsp;This was an opportunity for them to be creative!</span></div><div class="" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The exhibit, called <i>Plop Art</i>&nbsp;by Erik L. Peterson, was interesting to say the least. &nbsp;I'm not an artie by any means but I would assume that this would be considered contemporary art... I know that only because I Googled it. It seems to only be defined by the time period that it is produced in. &nbsp;In reading the Peterson's description, he mentioned that the art was to serve as commentary on various norms in our culture including narcissim and ADHD.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iDWBwP0RlO8/U8VKSW8_zyI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/gSeC_8ZTuAU/s1600/blogger-image-418080921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iDWBwP0RlO8/U8VKSW8_zyI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/gSeC_8ZTuAU/s320/blogger-image-418080921.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I won't tell you about all of the art work we saw, I'll mention a few. We saw a </span><i style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reflecting Pool </i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which at first we all thought was a pile of sand...Then we realized that it transformed colors as you looked at it. &nbsp;After realizing what it was, the iPhones popped out. &nbsp;Everyone wanted a shot. &nbsp;It was hard to capture the rainbows on film, though. &nbsp;As you can see, mine looks a little bit more ghostly.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_cReyFEz9nw/U8VKPrm9unI/AAAAAAAAAZA/ZibS8N9S3R4/s640/blogger-image-233096670.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_cReyFEz9nw/U8VKPrm9unI/AAAAAAAAAZA/ZibS8N9S3R4/s640/blogger-image-233096670.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also saw a tapestry created out of the two billboards. &nbsp;It took us quite a while to figure out what it was but, once we realized, we understood the large amount of time and painstaking attention to detail it must have taken to create.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Uvq-iqBSmaU/U8VKOcIFMlI/AAAAAAAAAY4/piAiUCI6D5I/s400/blogger-image-786952830.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We saw another piece known as the <i>Cooler</i>. &nbsp;It was just as you would think. It was a cooler with two ice cream cones inside. &nbsp;I'm not quite sure what the purpose was but I'm sure it's ironic in some way. &nbsp;Students joked about it being a "grab-and-go" and not a piece of artwork. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rjvpyuzioqc/U8VKRIRVM2I/AAAAAAAAAZI/gxZv0p3zvfs/s640/blogger-image-842686253.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e_XswD6WwC4/U8VKI1ECvkI/AAAAAAAAAYg/B55iyx093qE/s400/blogger-image--2133386771.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">And then we saw my favorite. &nbsp;The neon plop cone with spilled ice cream (it had no name)<i>. &nbsp;</i>Isn't it amazing? Surprisingly, we had a lot of conversation about it. &nbsp;I say surprisingly because this isn't an art class and none of us have any idea how to discuss art. &nbsp;Students argued about the focal point - "It's the cone. &nbsp;It's on the wall. &nbsp;How could it not be the focal point?" - "No it's the blob of ice cream. &nbsp;Is it melted or did it fall off? &nbsp;I think it melted because it's so much bigger." - "It's neither. &nbsp;It's the light that catches your attention. The light and the color." &nbsp;I was impressed with the amount of conversation that they had. &nbsp;They enjoyed it, observed it, and didn't take the art viewing process too seriously.</span>&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JB2PNJYuM6E/U8VKKWAMeVI/AAAAAAAAAYo/qSeoxHHFgPk/s640/blogger-image--2067849586.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-K5DNxkNZpqA/U8VKMfXL66I/AAAAAAAAAYw/grZvNlah9FY/s400/blogger-image-941994478.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O-twR5QtXkg/U8VKGlw_hAI/AAAAAAAAAYY/p5BnBN5r81M/s640/blogger-image--1568551378.jpg" /></div><br /><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>So what did I learn from this experience?</b>&nbsp; Take your students out of the classroom! &nbsp;We all need a change of pace. &nbsp;It doesn't have to be serious! &nbsp;It can be fun and enjoyable but still educational. &nbsp;While there, students took notes on the art work of their choice and later they wrote an essay on the back stories for how the art came to be. &nbsp;Perhaps taking our students out of the typical classroom fires up their creative impulses. &nbsp;One thing's for sure though, they were able to experience something new and creative, use a different part of their brain, and interact with one another in a way that encouraged discussion and collaboration.</span><br /><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So where to next? &nbsp;Maybe the Student Center Coffee Shop? &nbsp;Maybe the lake in the courtyard? &nbsp;Perhaps even the observatory! &nbsp; I'd love to hear any suggestions that you may have!</span>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277983346656387422.post-70652188076190066422014-07-10T09:58:00.004-07:002014-07-10T10:01:59.789-07:00Positive Thinking Thursday<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week, I'm linking up with Mrs. Laffin's Laughings&nbsp;Positive&nbsp;Thinking Thursday! &nbsp;Please click the image below to check out what others are saying!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mrslaffinslaughings.blogspot.com/2014/07/positive-thinking-thursday-7-10-14.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WMR0uBtccoU/U70ngZ0Z9QI/AAAAAAAADIQ/-HZHn6BMTuM/s320/Positive+Thinking+Thursday+Button.PNG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My positive thought for the day:&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>***We need to encourage openness and bravery!***</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So often, this meme is the truth!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Over-Educated Problems" src="http://global3.memecdn.com/over-educated-problems_c_504141.webp" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, this happens to the best of us. &nbsp;I'm currently in grad school and this still happens to me. &nbsp;Sometimes you don't want to be the person who <i>knows the answer</i>. &nbsp;Sometimes you want to blend in. &nbsp;Sometimes you're unsure of the respond you'll get from the teacher. &nbsp;Sometimes you're even unsure of the response you'll get from classmates.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As teachers, <b>w</b></span><b style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">e need to encourage openness and bravery! &nbsp;</b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This will change in our classrooms in countless ways!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://baddogneedsrottenhome.com/images/emails/529f2adc07b45.jpg" height="247" width="320" /></div>Mackenzie Kerbyhttps://plus.google.com/103799295010279537604noreply@blogger.com2